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Wheels of change : how women rode the bicycle to freedom (with a few flat tires along the way)

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Wheels of change : how women rode the bicycle to freedom (with a few flat tires along the way)

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Macy, Sue, author

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Topics
Cycling for women -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature, Feminism -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature, Women's rights -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature, Clothing and dress -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature, Bicycles -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature, Cycling for women -- United States -- History, Feminism -- United States -- History, Women's rights -- United States -- History, Bicycles and bicycling, Bicycles, Clothing and dress, Cycling for women, Feminism, Women's rights, Women, Cycling, Cycling for women -- History. -- United States, United States
Publisher
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic
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internetarchivebooks; printdisabled
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Internet Archive
Language
English
Item Size
517.4M
96 pages : 27 cm

Explore the role the bicycle played in the women's liberation movement

Middle School

Includes bibliographical references (page 92) and index

"Jennifer Emmett, editor ; James Hiscott, Jr., art director ; Lori Epstein, illustrations editor ; Marty Ittner, designer ; Kate Olesin, editorial assistant ; Grace Hill, associate managing editor ; Lewis R. Bassford, production manager"--Title page verso

Foreword / Lean Missback Day -- Introduction -- Inventing the bicycle. Feature: celebrity cyclists -- "The devil's advance agent". Feature: cycling slang -- Fashion forward. Feature: cycling songs -- Fast and fearless. Feature: the cycling press -- New freedoms. Feature: selling with cycles -- Highlights in cycling and women's history -- Resources -- Sources of quotes -- Index -- Picture credits

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young people, 2012

YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Finalist, 2012

Notes

cut off text on leaf 7
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2019-09-18 15:09:03
Associated-names
Emmett, Jennifer, editor; Hiscott, James, Jr., book designer; Epstein, Lori, editor; Ittner, Marty, book designer; Olesin, Kate, editor; Hill, Grace, editor; Bassford, Lewis R., editor; National Geographic Society (U.S.), publisher
Bookplateleaf
0004
Boxid
IA1664819
Camera
Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control)
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printdisabled
External-identifier
urn:lcp:wheelsofchangeho0000macy:lcpdf:8921ed82-9ab9-4c6a-afe3-9ec732c40472
urn:lcp:wheelsofchangeho0000macy:epub:91506bc1-1751-429a-8075-c06037c900c8
urn:oclc:record:1451646140[WorldCat (this item)]
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0
Grant_report
Arcadia
Identifier
wheelsofchangeho0000macy
Identifier-ark
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